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Takes the famous ES-135 to the next level.

The Gibson ES-137 Classic Electric Guitar is the first Gibson archtop to employ a mahogany center block for reduced feedback and greater sustain. Other features are all Gibson deluxe: laminated curly maple body, binding on top and bottom, bound fingerboard, rosewood fretboard with pearloid trapezoid inlays, Tune-O-Matic bridge with stop tailpiece, and 490R and 498T humbuckers. Chrome or gold hardware. Includes Gibson deluxe hardshell case.

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Features

Laminated curly maple body

Maple neck

Mahogany center block to reduce feedback and add sustain

Multiple bound body on top, single bound on back

Bound fingerboard

Nut width: 1.6875"

Scale: 24-3/4"

Rosewood fingerboard

Pearloid trapezoid inlay

"C" inlay at the 12th fret

2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch

Tune-O-Matic bridge with stop tailpiece

490R pickup in the rhythm position (same as on LP Studio or LP Custom)

I just got a blue 137 classic with gold hardware. I like Gibbys and mostly got it 'cause it looks cool. I had my luthier put some 9s on it and tweak it some. When I got it home and started playing it I was stunned. It plays like butter and the tone is unbelievable. It also makes a nice vibration against your chest. This baby will hang with any hollowbody on the planet! I'm kinda amazed that you don't see more of them in the pro rock shows. Maybe people think they're for jazz or something but you can get pretty much any tone you want out of it. You owe it to yourself to go check one out.

I've been playing this guitar for about a year now--traded a Les Paul for it, and it was the best move I ever made. I have yet to play this thing somewhere that someone doesn't comment on how beautiful it is! I have the heritage cherry, and the flame on it is gorgeous! The sound is simply fantastic--it growls nicely when pushed, but sweetens up for jazzy runs. Very articulate with great harmonics, and the fastest neck I have ever played on any guitar. This guitar is destined to be one of those that people talk about in years to come...get it now b4 the price goes up (which it is almost BOUND to do!)

Beautiful. It's a piece of art actually. I almost made my husband hang it in the family room instead of my office because I just want to look at it and touch it all the time. Every time I pick it up I never put it down until I physically cannot play anymore.

When I first tried to open the case the guitar came in, the default combination was changed which caused a one day headache looking for the solution. Check out Gibson's web site for the answer. My initial reaction was poor. The guitar was hard to play and the action was stiff. I had the unit set up by a professional who shaved the nut and lowered the bridge, straightened the neck and set the intonation. Now it plays like the dream I thought Gibson would make.

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